[peel] RE: April 1984 Mixtapes - Part 2

[Paul Webster]

The "making of" Tubular Bells documentary is on TV tonight (with repeats over the weekend)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03cw8g0

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> On 6 Oct 2013, at 15:48, MARK LUETCHFORD <M.Luetchford@...> wrote:
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> there was a recent profile around the time of the recent anniversary of tubular bells release when Branson said as  much about Peel being responsible fro the success of tubular bells and thus his whole success - if only he had known the consequences  I am sure he would have snapped the record in two  ... rather than playing it all the way through - although didn't we in fact get to the end of that mystery recently: 
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> http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/29_May_1973
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> From: David Quantick <davidquantick@yahoo.co.uk>
> To: "peel@yahoogroups.com" <peel@yahoogroups.com> 
> Sent: Sunday, 6 October 2013, 13:19
> Subject: Re: [peel] RE: April 1984 Mixtapes - Part 2
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> Pretty much. But imagine, without Oldfield, they could just have been a slightly more popular Dandelion...
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> From: Alan Ford <ford.alan@...>
> To: peel@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Sunday, 6 October 2013, 11:08
> Subject: Re: [peel] RE: April 1984 Mixtapes - Part 2
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> That's better. Wasn't Peel largely responsible (or 'to blame'?) for the early success of Virgin?
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> Alan
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> On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 10:56 AM, David Quantick <davidquantick@...> wrote:
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> Er...
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> http://www.virgin40.com/
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